Italian Cordite

Italian Cordite or Polvere C. It consisted of NC (mixt of Collodion Cotton Guncotton, 50% sol in eth - ale) 71, NG 23, vaseline 5 Na bicarbonate 1%. This compn was introduced about 1910 and prepd similar to British Cordite. Sodium Bicarbonate was added to prevent back-flash in firing the Cordite. The propint was prepd in the form of rods tubes (Refs 14, 33 41)... 

Italian proplnt, manufd from 1896 at the Royal Powder Factory at Liri was Solenite, which was similar to Brit Cordite contg about 35% of NG. It consisted of 1 /3 Guncotton,... 

Collodion Cotton and 1/3 NG with added vaseline (replaced later by Centralite). Beginning in 1910, the Societe Nobel of Avig-liona manufd C2, which was a variety of Brit Cordites but in the form of tubes. Italians manufd also Ballistite of high NG content which contd 0.5% of aniline as stabilizer (Ref 44, p 253)... 

Bla inite. An Italian mining expl utilizing discarded military propellants. It consisted of Ballistite or Cordite (previously pulverized)... 

This is a tubular double-base proplnt which may be considered as a modification of Cordite (qv). It consists of NC (N content 12.70 0.15%) 70-5, NG 23-5, petroleum jelly 5 Na bicarbonate 1% (Ref 3). The density of the proplnt is 1-56 g/cc. Some other props are calcd by Alvaro Alberto (Ref 2) and applied to the problem of erosion of propints. CSP 2 has been known since ca 1902 and has been manufd or adopted by several countries, including Germany, Gt Britain, Brazil (I9O8), Italy (1910) Spain. It was manufd in Italy by the Societa Italians Dinamite Nobel, Avigliana under the name C2(Polvere) (Refs 4 5) and in Spain at the Fabrica de Galdacano of the Union Espahola de Explosivos under the name Polvora sin Humo de Chilworth (Ref 3)- This proplnt has been used in various cannons such as cal 76.2mm, 101.6mm, 15 cm, 30.5cm others See also C-2 (Polvere), Vol 2, p Cl-L Refs l)Marshall, Diet (1920), 26 2)Alvaro... 

One of the components of cordite is nitroglycerine, which had been discovered in 1847 by the Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero (1812-88). It was a shattering explosive, also too touchy for war. Its use in peacetime to blast roads through mountains and to move tons of earth for a variety of purposes was... 

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